PLOUGHING 25 Miles a Day. The Work a Farmer Really Does
The acre is about the most ancient measure in existence. The word means a cultivated field, and all the nations of antiquity had a similar measure. The acre…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1912
1,656 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 83
Farming Notes. a Forage Mixture
At one time in England a combination of wheat and rye, known as maslin, used to be sown on light land which did not grow good crops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wife Killed by Angry Husband Tragedy at a Dairy Farm
Alfred Thomas Swift, farmer and dairyman at the newly established settlement at Mead, in the Kerang district, who is at present a prisoner in the Bendigo gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cablegrams. the Labor Upheaval. Strike of 2000 Wool Combers. London
Two thousand wool combers have struck at Bradford against the non-unionists. A lockout involving 12,000 workers is threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. by the N:s:w: Department of Agriculture. Grasses
At the Glen Innes State Experimental Farm some good work has been done in demonstrating how exotic grasses may be introduced and maintained successfully…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Wool Sales
The Melbourne wool sales were resumed on Monday, when Dalgety and Coy. offered 6,000 bales. There was a very large attendance of buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →House Rent Problem. Deputation to Minister for Labor. Greedy Agents and "Farming" Tenants. Sydney
The house rent problem was discussed this morning at the Labor Council of N.S.W. Mr. Beeby, Minister for Labor and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Permits
Mr. P. Fagan, of Walbundrie, and Senior Constable O'Connor, of Narandera, have been gazetted acting inspectors under the Pastures Protection Act for the purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Butter Factory Meeting
A meeting of the directors of the Jerilderie Butter Factory was held on Wednesday afternoon last. Present : Messrs. Sle[?]man, (ch.), Wilson,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Sales
The Melbourne wool sales were resumed this week, when the various brokers submitted catalogues principally composed of clips from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Yields. Kamarah
Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Banner." I like reading the Children's Page very well. I have two brothers and one sister. We go to the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Rust in Wheat
Reports from the State Experiment Farms throughout the State relative to the liability of the different kinds of wheat to rust are interesting. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales
Dalgety and Company, wool salesmen, Sydney, report under date of 4th inst. The opening wool sales in the new year were held at Hobart on 3rd inst. when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bulk Handling of Wheat
Practically every visitor from, this country returns from the United States or Canada strongly impressed with the advantages of the bulk handling system in the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Wool and Stock Reports
The Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Company, Limited, Melbourne, report:—Sales were resumed in this market on Monday, the 8th January. We…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are baaed mainly, on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many, problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural Notes. Factors Producing Rust in Wheat
To ensure the expansion of the wheat areas in certain districts, rust-resistant or rust-escaping varieties are most important. The uncertain behaviour of some…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Melbourne Wool Sales. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd
Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report holding their first wool after the holidays on Wednesday, when they submitted a catalogue of 4357 bales, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Wheat Belt. Contrast in District Development
There is a remarkable contrast furnished as regards the different development of neighbouring districts in the southern end of the wheat country; that is east and…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →